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Do you ever just look at pictures of dogs and ask yourself, how can this be real. How can these creatures exist in real life

Eugen @Gargron

I don't think I've ever pet a dog in my life. Nobody close to me ever owned one

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@Gargron holy fuck, man, go to the shelter or something

@gargron this is the saddest thing I've ever heard

@Gargron Have you never fucking left your house or what?

@rybread Hi, I'm not the type of person to walk up to strangers on the street and start petting their dogs!

@Gargron what the fuck dude. I don't even know what to say lol. Like, you've NEVER EVER asked someone to pet their dog? It's absurd.

@rybread Have you never met an introverted person?

@Gargron They're all too introverted to talk to me. So no.

@rybread
My husband doesn't want pets. I used to take my kids to the pet store so they'd be familiar with them and unafraid of nice ones (always stressing they should respectfully ask the owner before petting or assuming one was "nice"). My daughter now has a cat and 3 very nice dogs.

My son wants a wolf.

@Gargron

@Gargron aww you gotta make friends with a dog sometime. They're great, even though I get along much better with cats 😅

@Gargron
>Nobody close to me ever owned one

ppl should get rid of the ideology of owning and petting animals. It's opression based on specism that function in it's reasoning just as racism does.

@Gargron
you want to spend time with a dog that is mutial benafitial?
you want to organize your life together with another dog?
Can be a good experience and a good time for both of you.
Remember that:
many are cadged. liberate one of them, instead of promoting the 'petting buisiness'

@Gargron
Probably the saddest story I've heard all day. What about hotdogs?

@Gargron
Protip: Get yourself a blanket, a book, maybe some snacks and go setup right in the middle of a popular park. It is only a matter of time before someone's dog runs over to you out of curiosity or looking for pets. If you want to speed it up a little maybe have a pocket full of dog treats 😃.

@dog Apartment dwellers don't always get the option of having a pet. CC: @gargron
@lnxw48a1 @dog Yeah. And even if you do find an apartment that allows it, you might still want to move in the future and looking for another dog friendly apartment might reduce your options significantly.

@Gargron I'd offer, but... we don't have a dog...

@Gargron that's kinda sad, and that's coming from someone who is actually somewhat afraid of them 🐶

@Gargron I don't have a dog but I can find one for you to pet from the street.